Attachment for wick-lamps



A. CZARNIECKI.

ATTAC H M E N T F 0R W I C K L A M P S.

ATION FILED '1 .345, 141 Pawnted June 29, 1920.

PATENT OFFICE- ANDREW GZAR-NIECKL OF PLYMOUTH, PENNSYLVANIA.

ATTACHMENT FOR WICK-LAMPS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Ju e 29, 192() Application filed November 19, 1919. SeriaLNo. 339,075.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW CZARNIEOKI, a citizen of Poland, residing at Plymouth, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for lVick-Lamps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to attachments for wick lamps, and has for its main object the provision of a means for extinguishing the same so as to prevent the dangers incurred in the common method of blowing out such lamps.

The above and other objects will become apparent in the description below, in which like characters of reference refer to likenamed parts in the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Referring briefly to said drawings, Figure 1 represents an elevational view of a lamp equipped with my device, part of the front wall thereof being broken away in order to expose my attachment. 1

Fig. 2 is a plan view of my attachment showing the same in position while the lamp is burning. i

' Fig. 3 is a front elevational view of the same showing also the same dotted in closed position, or after the lamp has been extinguished.

,Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of the same.

Referring now in detail .to the drawings, the numeral 1 represents the base of a wick lamp, and 2 the collar supported thereon. The wick is represented by 3, and 4 indicates the frame of my device attached about said wick. Said frame has a slot 5 extending partway along its front edge as shown, in which a wing-like cap or boss 12 is slidably mounted. ings 6 and 7 are hinged to opposite sides of the top 'ofsaid frame, and coiled springs 14 surround the pins of said hinges and actuate to retain said wings in V the lower position shown in Fig; 3. Cords or strings 11 and 10 are attached to said wings by means of eyelets 8 and 9, respectively. V l

The numeral 13 represents the ordinary screw controlling the raising and lowering of the wick '3. The numeral 14 indicates a member the function of which is to bind the frame 4 and so strengthen the same.

' extinguish the same, the boss 12 is lowered,

sothat the strings 10 and 11, attached thereto, are drawn downward, causing the wings .6 and 7 to be raised against the action of the springs 14, into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. Thus these wings form a bridge over the top of the wick, choking the flame and thereby extinguishing the same. Upon release of said boss, thesprings 14 react-to lower the wings 6 and 7 and to raise the boss 12 to its idle position. Having thus described my invention,

what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows.

1. A device of the class described comprising a frame having a vertical slot therein, a boss 'slidable in said slot and having strings attached thereto, wings hingedly mounted to the upper part of said frame and having coiled springs normally holding said wings in their lowermost position, one

' of said strings being attached to each of said wings.

2. A device of the class described com- I prising a frame having a vertical slot therein,-a boss slidable in said slotand having strings attached thereto, wings hingedly mounted to the upper part of said frame and having coiled springs thereon normally holding said wings in their lowermost position, one of said strings being attached to each of said wings, the outer edges of said wings being curved.

3. A device of the class described comprising a frame having a vertical slot therein, a boss slidable in said slot and having strings attached thereto, wings hingedly mounted to the upper part of said frame and. having coiled springs attached thereto normally holding said wings in their lowermost position, one of said strings attached to each of saidrwings, an eyelet on each wing providing means for said attachment, the outer edges of said wings being curved, and means to bind said frame so as to strengthen the same.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ANDREW CZARNIECKI. 

